Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.
Ann PatchettI always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.
Ann PatchettBut we cannot unbraid the story of another personโs life and take out all the parts that donโt suit our purposes and put forth only the ones that do.
Ann Patchett